For the second time in recent weeks, the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston was damaged by vandals.

One of the memorial's glass panels was shattered after a teenager threw a rock through it Monday evening around 7 p.m., witnesses reported to police. After the act, he was held on the scene until police arrived by witnesses, police say.

The 17-year-old from Malden was arrested by Boston police on a charge of willful destruction of property and could face a hate crime.

Located next to Faneuil Hall on Congress Street, the memorial features six, 54-foot glass panels etched with the millions of numbers tattooed onto Jews during the "Final Solution," the most deadly phase of the Holocaust.

One of the glass panels was also smashed with a rock in June. Opened in 1995, these are the first instances of vandalism reported at the memorial.

"We are appalled and saddened that the New England Holocaust Memorial was vandalized Monday night for the second time in just 6 weeks," Jewish Community Relations Council and Combined Jewish Philanthropies said in a statement. "The images of Nazis marching in the streets of America over the weekend in Charlottesville and now shattered glass once again at this sacred space in Boston are an affront to our Jewish community and to all those who stand-up against bigotry, hatred and anti-Semitism. We thank the Boston Police and the Public Works Department for their rapid response and for their continuing support during this difficult time. We will remain resilient and will have a timeline for rebuilding the memorial once we have assessed the damage."

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Monday evening that he was "saddened to see such a despicable action."